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DEADLINE REMINDER - Sebring is in 4 weeks …

The old stock Contrail Plastic rod is good for roll bar fabrication - insert a nickel or brass rod and bend to the card pattern …

They were used by the Shelby team to secure (sort of) the spare …

Thanks TR Bungies anyone ???

Another feature in the engine bay that was different on 2287 early on was the location of the header tank - its perched high on the bulkhead - the cap is fr this photo-etch package … and the wiper motor on 2287 was initially placed in the right hand corner of the bulkhead - that moved too once the team cars were built …

This stuff …

The oil cooler on these cars was placed in the tray - but on the prototype it was attached to the bottom of the leading edge of the radiator - made from some Evergreen strip and some photo-etch radiator screen that Acu-Stion sold briefly several years ago - good stuff if you can find it …

Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe …This is the air tray that exhausts the radiator air - before and after a dunk in very hot water -

Gramps. Reach out to the research Deacon at Rev’s for your fender marking Q - ill send you his name sunday …

Haven’t tried the Revell chrome yet - what were the challenges ?

I think it would have been easier to turn this back into a cobra …

A little untidy - installing bulkhead detail - the brake and clutch resevior bottles were initially attached to a shelf on the left side of the bulkhead - some time after Sebring they migrated to the top of the bulkhead - same as succeeding Daytona Coupes …

I aint catching Misha - but i got 4 1/2 weeks left … some bulkhead parts - the dr side air duct and the wiper motor - and some paint on the bulkhead - the finish on the bulkhead of 2287 remains a mystery - im certain that it was painted once or maybe twice after the “64 Sebring race - it may it fact have been unpainted at Sebring - i painted mine w some Zero Paints aluminum - my bottle had only a small amount left - it was starting to thicken - to be expected after about a yr in my workshop - i thinned it with some Tamiya lacquer thinner and managed to get a nice finish - but probably time for a new Zero Paint order ….

Beautiful - the bolts that were used for the engine and chass details ?? Were they 3D printed ??

Thats funny - i broke my steering wheel too ..

Hi randy …

Missed an earlier post - is flexible resin for 3D printers commercially available - ?? - is it water based ? Cool !!

Bundled the electric wires by slipping them thru tiny rubber washers and then wrapping them w thin strips of stretched Parafilm … attached the lower rad hose to the pump before installing engine to the frame - same for the oil cooler hoses -

Brake lines - using .013 copper colored wire fr Tuner Model Factory - and attached the kit steering arm assembly …

Thank you -can … 3D printed tire valves - airbrushed w Molotow - really really good - absolutely scale acc -

I'm using portions of the VRM decal sheet for the Cobra Daytona coupe in the Sebring build - there stuff is great ... chassis color looks just right ...

These copper sheets are thin and easy to bend - handy for making the glare shield for the dash - the rear view mirror was not mounted above the windshield on 2287 until some time after Daytona and Sebring - probably when it was prepped for Lemans ….

I believe this is a Douglas Morton(?) photo - showing the first use of the deflector on 2287’s bonnet - its a two part affair - mine are made by modifying the one part photo-etched kit part …

Amelia Island 2015 - Stirling Moss' show ... I took the first shot - this one was fr Conceptcarz.com ...